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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 21 2017, @10:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-IBM-isn't-all-services dept.

https://www.hpcwire.com/2017/05/18/ibm-d-wave-report-quantum-computing-advances/

IBM said this week it has built and tested a pair of quantum computing processors, including a prototype of a commercial version. That progress follows an announcement earlier this week that commercial quantum computer developer D-Wave Systems has garnered venture funding that could total up to $50 million to build it next-generation machine with up to 2,000 qubits.

[...] Meanwhile, IBM researchers continue to push the boundaries of quantum computing as part of its IBM Q initiative launched in March to promote development of a "universal" quantum computer. Access to a 16-qubit processor via the IBM cloud would allow developers and researchers to run quantum algorithms. The new version replaces an earlier 5-qubit processor.

The company also rolled on Wednesday (May 17) the first prototype of a 17-qubit commercial processor, making it IBM's most powerful quantum device. The prototype will serve as the foundation of IBM Q's commercial access program. The goal is to eventually scale future prototypes to 50 or more qubits.

The article also notes Hewlett Packard Enterprise's prototype of "The Machine", with 160 terabytes of RAM.


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday May 21 2017, @06:49PM (2 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday May 21 2017, @06:49PM (#513100) Journal

    From the nextbigfuture.com comments:

    Memristor licensing (currently split between HP/HPE and exclusively licensed to morons who wouldn't run with it) means we won't see actual memristor based stuff for a long while.

    As always.. lawyer shit.
    With 160 terabytes of RAM a lot of things will change. That is for sure.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:29PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:29PM (#513121) Journal

    It has nothing to do with lawyer shit and everything to do with big promises and shit execution from HP, which split into two companies because they sucked so bad.

    Intel's 3D XPoint also took a long time develop and is underperforming on release, and Crossbar RRAM has experienced many years of delays. Everything in the post-NAND memory class is taking a long time to reach the market.

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    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:31PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday May 21 2017, @07:31PM (#513123) Journal

      Then I'll suspect that shit execution comes from the same personality type of people ;)